Where does “adorer” come from?
Adorer comes from English adore, which derives from Old French -er verb suffix, Latin -are verb ending, and Latin ad- prefix meaning "to," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád with the same sense.
adorer (English): Someone who adores
Definitions
- Someone who adores
Ancestry of “adorer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adore | To worship; To love with one's entire heart and... |
| 2 | Middle English | adoren | — |
| 3 | Old French | adorer | to praise |
| 4 | Latin | adōrō | to speak to, accost, address; negotiate a matter with |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |